Calif. Gov. Brown announces Appointments for Aug. 8-10, 2017 including to the Board of Parole Hearings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — This week, Calif. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments: First, Robert Barton, 55, of Rancho Cordova, has been appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings. Barton has served as Inspector General of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation since 2011, where he was senior assistant inspector general from 2005 to 2011.

He was supervising deputy district attorney at the Kern County District Attorney’s Office from 2000 to 2005, where he served as a deputy district attorney from 1988 to 2000. Barton earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Davis School of Law. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Barton is a Republican.

Kevin Chappell, 52, of Elk Grove, has been reappointed to the Board of Parole Hearings, where he has served since 2015. Chappell was a retired annuitant correctional administrator at California Correctional Health Care Services in 2015, warden at San Quentin State Prison from 2012 to 2014 and served in several positions at Folsom State Prison from 2010 to 2012, including chief deputy warden and associate warden. Chappell was chief of the Classification Services Unit at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2009 to 2010, where he was facility captain from 2006 to 2008. He was correctional administrator in the Division of Adult Institutions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2008 to 2009 and a lieutenant at Richard A. McGee Correctional Training Center from 2004 to 2006. He served in several positions at the California Medical Facility, Vacaville from 1995 to 2004, including lieutenant, counselor and sergeant. Chappell was a correctional officer at Folsom State Prison from 1987 to 1995. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Chappell is a Democrat.

Marisela Montes, 63, of Sacramento, has been reappointed to the Board of Parole Hearings, where she has served since 2012. Montes was a consultant at the California Prison Industry Authority from 2011 to 2012 and served in several positions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2006 to 2009, including deputy director of the Division of Adult Institutions and chief deputy secretary of adult programs. She was deputy director of administration at the California Department of Transportation from 1999 to 2006 and served in several positions at the California Department of Corrections from 1984 to 1999, including chief of correctional planning and research, deputy director of parole and community services and associate warden at California State Prison, Solano. Montes was an assistant personnel manager at the California Department of Social Services from 1981 to 1984 and an associate personnel analyst at the State Personnel Board from 1980 to 1981. She was a postsecondary education specialist at the California Postsecondary Education Commission from 1977 to 1980 and an assistant director at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Educational Opportunity Program from 1975 to 1977. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Montes is registered without party preference.

John Peck, 60, of Sutter Creek, has been reappointed to the Board of Parole Hearings, where he has served since 2009 and was a deputy commissioner from 2007 to 2009. Peck served in several positions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 2001 to 2007, including correctional captain and conservation camp liaison. He was correctional captain at Ironwood State Prison from 2000 to 2001 and held several positions at the California Correctional Center from 1998 to 2000, including correctional lieutenant and camp commander. Peck was a correctional lieutenant at Calipatria State Prison from 1991 to 1998 and at Chuckawalla Valley State Prison from 1989 to 1991. He was a correctional sergeant at Deuel Vocational Institution from 1988 to 1989, where he served as a correctional officer from 1983 to 1986, and was a correctional sergeant at Avenal State Prison from 1986 to 1988. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Peck is a Democrat.

Brian Roberts, 65, of Santee, has been reappointed to the Board of Parole Hearings, where he has served since 2012 and was a deputy commissioner from 2006 to 2012. Roberts served in several positions at the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department from 1975 to 2006, including commander, captain, lieutenant, sergeant and deputy. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Roberts is a Republican.

Terri Turner, 62, of West Sacramento, has been reappointed to the Board of Parole Hearings, where she has served since 2011 and was a deputy commissioner from 2008 to 2011. She served in several positions at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from 1987 to 2007, including assistant regional parole administrator, adult parole supervisor, manager of the Edward Veit Community Correctional Center and parole agent. She was a youth counselor at the California Youth Authority from 1983 to 1987. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Turner is a Democrat.

Appointments for August 8, 2017:

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the following appointments on August 8:

Lisa Lien-Mager, 51, of Davis, has been appointed deputy secretary for communications at the California Natural Resources Agency. Lien-Mager has been director of communications at the Association of California Water Agencies since 2012, where she has held several positions since 2008 and from 1990 to 1999, including communications supervisor, legislative analyst and communications specialist. She was a communications consultant from 2004 to 2008, a public affairs specialist at the California Bay-Delta Authority from 2001 to 2005 and a reporter at the Milwaukee Sentinel from 1987 to 1990. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $139,404. Lien-Mager is a Democrat.

Candace Hyatt, 33, of Sacramento, has been appointed deputy executive director for human resources at the California Public Utilities Commission. Hyatt has been a labor relations officer at the California Department of Human Resources since 2014, where she has held several positions since 2013, including labor relations specialist and personnel management consultant. She held several positions at the California Department of Transportation from 2009 to 2013, including labor relations analyst and labor relations specialist. Hyatt was a personnel analyst at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board from 2008 to 2009 and at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation from 2006 to 2008. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $114,000. Hyatt is a Democrat.

Rosalio Castro, 51, of Beaumont, has been appointed to the Board of Parole Hearings. Castro has been a deputy commissioner at the Board of Parole Hearings since 2015. He was an attorney at California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. from 2012 to 2013 and an attorney in private practice from 2002 to 2015. Castro was a deputy public defender at the San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office from 2001 to 2002, a partner at Magnum, Castro and Associates from 1998 to 2001 and an associate at Benninghoff and Ramirez from 1995 to 1998. Castro earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $147,778. Castro is a Democrat.

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